Past and predicted future effects of housing growth on open space conservation opportunity areas and habitat connectivity around National Wildlife Refuges
November 1, 2016
Context
Housing growth can alter suitability of matrix habitats around protected areas, strongly affecting movements of organisms and, consequently, threatening connectivity of protected area networks.
Objectives
Our goal was to quantify distribution and growth of housing around the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System. This is important information for conservation planning, particularly given promotion of habitat connectivity as a climate change adaptation measure.
Methods
We quantified housing growth from 1940 to 2000 and projected future growth to 2030 within three distances from refuges, identifying very low housing density open space, “opportunity areas” (contiguous areas with
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Title | Past and predicted future effects of housing growth on open space conservation opportunity areas and habitat connectivity around National Wildlife Refuges |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10980-016-0392-8 |
| Authors | Christopher Hamilton, Matthias Baumann, Anna Pidgeon, David P. Helmers, Wayne Thogmartin, Patricia J. Heglund, Volker C. Radeloff |
| Publication Type | Article |
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Series Title | Landscape Ecology |
| Index ID | 70179083 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center |